{"id":30688,"date":"2025-12-02T15:11:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/?page_id=30688"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:12:01","slug":"in-focus-magazine-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/news-events\/in-focus-magazine\/infocus-archive\/in-focus-archive-2025\/in-focus-magazine-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus Magazine: November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead-in\">Volume 15, Number 11<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--3 has-dates\"><li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/uwm-physics-welcomes-a-black-hole-expert-and-a-new-name-to-reflect-new-discoveries\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/10\/Lia-Medeiros.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Headshot of a young woman with long curly brown hair. In the background are metal busts of heads on pillars.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/10\/Lia-Medeiros.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/10\/Lia-Medeiros-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/uwm-physics-welcomes-a-black-hole-expert-and-a-new-name-to-reflect-new-discoveries\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Physics welcomes a black hole expert, and a new name to reflect new discoveries<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-04T00:01:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">November 4, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This is not your same old Physics Department. Beginning this fall, UW-Milwaukee\u2019s newly renamed Physics &amp; Astronomy Department is enjoying a novel title that reflects the strengths of its fields of study. While our faculty &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/this-anthropology-alums-work-is-literally-childs-play\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Cassie-Coffey-cover-photo.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Exterior shot of DuPage Children&#039;s Museum overlaid in one corner with a small headshot of Cassie Coffey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Cassie-Coffey-cover-photo.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Cassie-Coffey-cover-photo-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/this-anthropology-alums-work-is-literally-childs-play\/\">This anthropology alum\u2019s work is (literally) child\u2019s play<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-04T00:01:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">November 4, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">All work and no play? No thank you, says Cassie Coffey. For her, work is play. Coffey is the Director of Playful Experiences at DuPage Children\u2019s Museum in Naperville, Illinois. She oversees a team of &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/what-can-you-do-with-a-womens-gender-studies-major\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Tori-Aster.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A headshot of a young person with short bleached hair and glasses\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Tori-Aster.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Tori-Aster-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/what-can-you-do-with-a-womens-gender-studies-major\/\">What can you do with a Women\u2019s &amp; Gender Studies major?<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-04T00:01:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">November 4, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Name:&nbsp;Torrince \u201cTori\u201d Aster (formerly Tori Freund) Graduation Year:&nbsp;2020 Major:&nbsp;Women\u2019s &amp; Gender Studies Job:\u00a0Doula at Greater Love Birth and Community Care and midwife-in-training with Transitions Birth Services \u201cCall the Midwife&quot; is a surprisingly accurate show, said &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/chinese-language-students-learn-about-tech-and-culture-with-summer-study-abroad\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Chinese-flag-with-studens-high-res.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Three students take a selfie in a busy nighttime city\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Chinese-flag-with-studens-high-res.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Chinese-flag-with-studens-high-res-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/chinese-language-students-learn-about-tech-and-culture-with-summer-study-abroad\/\">Chinese language students learn about tech and culture with summer study abroad<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-04T00:01:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">November 4, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">51ÁÔÆæ Chinese program students Owen Czubin, Emmanuel Weber, and Hidayah Osman spent three weeks over the summer learning about emerging technologies and experiencing Chinese culture at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. For the &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2025\/facilities-update-uwm-greenhouse-welcomes-the-city-during-doors-open-milwaukee\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Doors-Open-Greenhouse-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Two women with their backs to the viewer admire leafy green plants in a greenhouse.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Doors-Open-Greenhouse-2.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Doors-Open-Greenhouse-2-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2025\/facilities-update-uwm-greenhouse-welcomes-the-city-during-doors-open-milwaukee\/\">Facilities Update: 51ÁÔÆæ Greenhouse welcomes the city during Doors Open Milwaukee<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-04T00:01:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">November 4, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In September, the 51ÁÔÆæ Biological Sciences&nbsp;Greenhouse&nbsp;participated in the city-wide Doors Open Milwaukee event, a two-day public celebration of Milwaukee\u2019s art, architecture, culture, and history. Visitors were invited to explore behind-the-scenes of 160-plus unique and interesting &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2025\/uw-milwaukee-remembers-the-legacy-of-robert-greenler\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Greenler-with-banner.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A headshot of an older man with white hair and glasses\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Greenler-with-banner.webp 720w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2025\/11\/Greenler-with-banner-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2025\/uw-milwaukee-remembers-the-legacy-of-robert-greenler\/\">UW-Milwaukee remembers the legacy of Robert Greenler<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-04T00:01:00-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">November 4, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Dr. Robert Greenler saw the world differently. Where most people marvel at the beauty of a rainbow or a snowflake, Greenler was marveling at the physics behind them. He made it his life\u2019s mission to &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-md\"><strong>Please be aware that some publications require a subscription in order to view articles and most links below leave this site.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-alumni-accomplishments-nbsp\"><strong>Alumni Accomplishments<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brookes Moody (\u201821, PhD English)&nbsp;<\/strong>was an invited speaker at the&nbsp;Friends of the Jamestown Library\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wcresser.com\/2025\/09\/30\/greetings-and-salutations-after-a-short-time-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Author\u2019s Corner: A Mini-Hyde Park<\/a>\u201d event in October. The event invited several Rhode Island-based authors for a small-scale literary festival at the Jamestown&nbsp;Philomenian&nbsp;Library.&nbsp;Moody is the author of a collection of poetry titled,&nbsp;<em>Astral Weeks, Etc.<\/em>, which was published in March 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lara Fritts (\u201895, MS Urban Studies)&nbsp;<\/strong>was tapped as the next president and CEO of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fox11online.com\/news\/local\/green-bay-native-lara-fritts-named-president-and-ceo-of-greater-green-bay-chamber-laurie-radke-business-economy-wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greater Green Bay Chamber<\/a>&nbsp;in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which supports local businesses and encourages economic development within the city. Fritts will take over in December and will be the second woman to lead the chamber.&nbsp;Fritts is currently the Director of the Frederick County Division of Economic Opportunity in Frederick, Maryland, and brings more than 30 years of experience to the role.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Benjamin Timm (\u201800, BA Anthropology and History)&nbsp;<\/strong>was appointed the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyreporter.com\/2025\/10\/14\/benji-timm-named-milwaukee-port-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City of Milwaukee\u2019s municipal port director<\/a>&nbsp;by Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson in October. Timm has long&nbsp;served in the city\u2019s Department of City Development hand has led several large projects for the city, including the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern cleanup. The role is a cabinet-level position in the city government.&nbsp;Timm\u2019s&nbsp;appointment&nbsp;must be confirmed by the Milwaukee Common Council.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rebecca Jackson (\u201824, Certificate in Nonprofit Management)&nbsp;<\/strong>was appointed the CEO of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmtoday.com\/news_graphic\/business\/rebecca-jackson-named-balance-ceo\/article_f2ffdc66-6b5e-5270-8b24-c87b9a8e2a38.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Balance&nbsp;Inc<\/a>., which provides support programs for children and adults with intellectual disabilities&nbsp;in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Jackson has more than 20 years of working in nonprofits, most recently at&nbsp;the Centers for Independence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Megan Zemple (\u201819, BA Journalism, Advertising, &amp; Media Studies)&nbsp;<\/strong>joined&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kimt.com\/contact\/meet-the-team\/megan-zemple-morning-anchor\/article_bc5ad4df-31a3-4c5b-bca8-e47483db04a0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KIMT Channel 3 News<\/a>&nbsp;as a morning anchor in Rochester, Minnesota in September.&nbsp;Zemple has several years of broadcast news experience and won an&nbsp;Upper Midwest Regional Emmy in 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-laurels-amp-accolades-nbsp\"><strong>Laurels &amp; Accolades<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PhD student&nbsp;<strong>Zo&nbsp;Andriantomanga&#8217;s&nbsp;(Economics)<\/strong>&nbsp;paper has been selected to receive an Abramson Scroll from the National Association for Business Economics (NABE). The Abramson Scroll is awarded annually to one of the most outstanding articles published in Business Economics, NABE\u2019s flagship journal, over the past year (October 2024\u2013July 2025). The award was presented at the NABE Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on Oct. 12\u201314.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director&nbsp;<strong>Jean Creighton (Planetarium)<\/strong>&nbsp;was recently confirmed as President-Elect of the Great Lakes Planetarium Association, a 200+ member organization dedicated to supporting astronomy and space science education at planetariums throughout the Midwest.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Professor&nbsp;<strong>Derek Handley (English)<\/strong>&nbsp;is the winner of the 2025 Outstanding Book Award from the Coalition for Community Writing for&nbsp;<em>Struggle for the City: Citizenship and Resistance in the Black Freedom Movement<\/em>&nbsp;(Penn State University Press, 2024). The Outstanding Book Award is presented for the most outstanding book in community writing, which includes the areas of service learning, community-based research, community literacy, ethnography and memoir, community publishing, advocacy, and activist writing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor&nbsp;<strong>Amanda Seligman (History and Urban Studies)<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Jaclyn Kelly (\u201811, MA History and Museum Studies)<\/strong>,&nbsp;Executive Director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fzb6ik\/7cdipci\/v35cpz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin Labor History Society<\/a>),&nbsp;have won the American Historical Association&#8217;s William and Edwyna Gilbert award for articles on teaching. The article receiving recognition is&nbsp;titled, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fzb6ik\/7cdipci\/bw6cpz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Staging Historical Reenactments on Twitter: History, Methods, and Ethics<\/a>,\u201d&nbsp;and was published in the February 2024 edition of&nbsp;<em>The&nbsp;History Teacher<\/em>&nbsp;(Vol. 57, no. 2,&nbsp;pp: 179-209).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than five dozen 51ÁÔÆæ scientists have been recognized as being among the top 2% of researchers in the world in 2024 by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/topresearcherslist.com\/Home\/AboutUs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stanford-Elsevier.<\/a>&nbsp;Their list ranks researchers by how often their work is cited in other scientific publications, giving a gauge of their impact on their respective fields. The rankings are drawn&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com\/datasets\/btchxktzyw\/7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from a massive database<\/a>&nbsp;of the world\u2019s top researchers.&nbsp;In addition to the 2024 ranking, Stanford-Elsevier also ranks scientists on their impact over the course of their careers.&nbsp;On that list, 84 51ÁÔÆæ researchers ranked among the top 2%.&nbsp;View the full list, including the faculty and staff from&nbsp;the College of Letters &amp; Science, on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-researchers-ranked-among-top-2-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">51ÁÔÆæ&nbsp;Report<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-the-media-and-around-the-community-nbsp\"><strong>In the Media and around the Community<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/undark.org\/2025\/10\/06\/chicago-lead-water-pipes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Undark.org<\/a>&nbsp;relied on&nbsp;findings&nbsp;by researcher and policy analyst&nbsp;<strong>Nene&nbsp;Osutei&nbsp;(Center for&nbsp;Economic Development)<\/strong>&nbsp;when the publication examined the impact and mitigation of lead pipes in Midwest cities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisbar.org\/NewsPublications\/InsideTrack\/Pages\/Article.aspx?Volume=17&amp;Issue=36&amp;ArticleID=31264&amp;source=carousel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State Bar of Wisconsin<\/a>&nbsp;explored how municipalities are reckoning with historic housing covenants that restricted who could live in certain areas based on race.&nbsp;These covenants have&nbsp;come to light&nbsp;based on research by Associate Professor&nbsp;<strong>Derek Handley (English)&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;Professor&nbsp;<strong>Anne Bonds (Geography)&nbsp;<\/strong>as part of&nbsp;their Mapping Racism and Resistance project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;Halloween approaching, Director&nbsp;<strong>Jean Creighton (Planetarium)&nbsp;<\/strong>went&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuwm.com\/uw-milwaukee-hallowen-planetarium-creepy-cosmos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W51ÁÔÆæ Radio\u2019s Lake Effect<\/a>&nbsp;show to talk about the \u201cCreepy Cosmos\u201d planetarium show.&nbsp;She also gave some advice on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wtmj.com\/news\/2025\/10\/21\/october-skies-a-stargazers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WTMJ Radio<\/a>&nbsp;about what to look for in the night sky when stargazing in autumn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larval crustaceans are&nbsp;surprisingly&nbsp;fascinating&nbsp;\u2013 just ask&nbsp;alumna&nbsp;<strong>Sierra Wachala (\u201822, MS Biological Sciences)<\/strong>. She appeared as a guest on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fisheriespodcast.podbean.com\/e\/330-larval-crustaceans-with-sierra-wachala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Fisheries Podcast<\/a>&nbsp;in October.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trucking industry could be in some trouble.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/us-trucking-industry-deep-trouble-10861497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Newsweek<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;<\/em>quoted Professor&nbsp;<strong>James Peoples (Economics)&nbsp;<\/strong>as it examined labor shortages within the industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been 10 years since scientists around the world, including at UW-Milwaukee, announced they had confirmed the existence of&nbsp;gravitational&nbsp;waves once only theorized by Einstein.&nbsp;Assistant Professor&nbsp;<strong>Lia Medeiros (Physics)&nbsp;<\/strong>spoke on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuwm.com\/show\/lake-effect\/2025-10-15\/wednesday-10-15-25-five-points-art-gallery-gravitational-waves-at-uwm-yemeni-coffee-part-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W51ÁÔÆæ Radio<\/a>&nbsp;about how the university continues to build on this discovery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halloween is a&nbsp;spider\u2019s&nbsp;time to shine, so&nbsp;Professor&nbsp;<strong>Rafael Rodr\u00edguez&nbsp;(Biological Sciences)&nbsp;<\/strong>shared the latest on spider research on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/shows\/larry-meiller-show\/insect-update-creepy-crawlies-in-the-home-fall-is-time-for-spiders-to-shine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin Public Radio<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s&nbsp;autumn and the colorful leaves look beautiful \u2013 but why do they shift from green to those gorgeous red, orange, yellow, and brown hues? Professor&nbsp;<strong>Erica Young (Biological Sciences)&nbsp;<\/strong>explained the science on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuwm.com\/show\/lake-effect\/2025-10-20\/monday-10-20-25-how-heart-disease-presents-in-women-combatting-memory-loss-why-leaves-change-color\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W51ÁÔÆæ Radio<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Professor&nbsp;<strong>Ashley Lemke (Anthropology)&nbsp;<\/strong>has been invited to give a talk as part of the \u201cWomen in Science\u201d&nbsp;speaker&nbsp;series&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/michigan\/bloomfield-mi\/calendar\/event\/20251113\/573b368d-66c2-4029-9e8c-da6dbac4d0b8\/exploring-underwater-archaeology-with-dr-lemke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cranbrook Institute of Science<\/a>&nbsp;in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.&nbsp;She will talk about submerged hunter-gather villages in the Great Lakes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alumna&nbsp;<strong>Lindsey St. Arnold Bell (<\/strong>\u201805, BA Community Education;<strong>&nbsp;\u201816, MS Urban Studies)&nbsp;<\/strong>was profiled in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shepherdexpress.com\/news\/central-city-stories\/near-west-side-partners-lindsey-st-arnold-bell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Shepherd Express<\/em><\/a><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>for her work&nbsp;as the executive director of&nbsp;Near West Side Partners, a nonprofit devoted to rebuilding this community from the inside out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;In 2016, Assistant Professor&nbsp;<strong>Victoria McCoy (Geosciences)&nbsp;<\/strong>published a paper in the journal&nbsp;<em>Nature&nbsp;<\/em>suggesting that a mysterious creature known as the Tully Monster, preserved in a fossil, might have been a vertebrate.&nbsp;Ten years later, scientists are still debating the creature\u2019s classifications, as one article published on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leravi.org\/scientists-are-still-stumped-by-this-300-million-year-old-strange-fossil-15708\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leravi.org<\/a>&nbsp;attests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Professor&nbsp;<strong>Michael Mirer (Communication)&nbsp;<\/strong>warned of far-reaching consequences if a proposed bill to legalize online sports betting is signed into&nbsp;law.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fox11online.com\/news\/local\/a-new-wisconsin-bill-could-expand-online-sports-gambling-could-include-draftkings-fanduel-betting-wagering-suspension-arrest-terry-rozier-chauncey-billups-damon-jones-nba-nhl-mlb-nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox 11 News<\/a>&nbsp;reported the story.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new study suggests that teens who use marijuana before age 15 are more likely to use marijuana later in life.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2025\/10\/29\/nx-s1-5589224\/teens-weed-cannabis-marijuana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NPR<\/a>&nbsp;turned to&nbsp;Professor&nbsp;<strong>Krista&nbsp;Lisdahl&nbsp;(Psychology&nbsp;&amp; Brain Science)<\/strong>, who was not involved in the research, for perspective on the study\u2019s results.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professor Jeffrey Sommers (African &amp; African Diaspora Studies and Global Studies Program)<\/strong>&nbsp;was the hour-long feature interview on WXRW Radio\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Grass is Greener&nbsp;<\/em>on Oct 28. The episode title was \u201cWhy the US Establishment Can\u2019t Control Costs.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-people-in-print-nbsp\"><strong>People in Print<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Distinguished Professor&nbsp;<strong>John S. Heywood (Economics)<\/strong>, Sofia Izquierdo&nbsp;Sanchez&nbsp;and Maria Navarro Paniagua. 2025. The Hollywood gender gap: the role of action films.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10824-024-09514-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Journal of Cultural Economics<\/em><\/a>, 49: 459-485.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate students&nbsp;<strong>Ethan T. Kowalczyk<\/strong><strong>, Kayode M.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Medubi<\/strong><strong>, Michelle J. Meyer, Mubaraq A.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Toriola<\/strong><strong>, Tyler J. Haasch, Makena R. Vesperman, Daniel A. Webb,<\/strong>&nbsp;Director emeritus&nbsp;<strong>Douglas C. Stafford<\/strong>, Gene T. 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